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ye= coebeeription to. The .A ereeate Tv -
Mewed. we .aim to Ave vontall the
Weal newel, in ceconlee arta .Interrelating'
toren, and we bi%ve wo tem up to
the claim. Henn along ' the goad work.
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serlptec'ree Advovete stubs Witt
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and tee ^Ma gaethee at terms that a,re a
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TV6'ENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
EXETER. ONTARIO.
THURSDAY, DEC, 18
1913.
SANDERS $r CREECH
Irooal Items.
The young folk have been enjoying
the first skating at the dam.
Mr. M. M. Doyle got a finger badly
smashed in closing a car door when
shipping horses."
It is-` said, that several young men
have been disturbing the service in
Bethany church and ' decided steps
ere to be taken to have it stopped.
Mr, Jas, Isaac of Biddulph ;nark-
;eted 35 turkeys in town, this week
which brought him the magnificent
sum of $96,00. This is an average of
nearly" $2.75 a bird,
Mn, and Mrs. Thos. Harton anter-
tainecl the choir of Main Street church
to a banquet in the basement of the
cbu ch onThursday. A pleasant ime
vas spent by all and many good
things : were said of the host and
hostess:
"Back
Again"
The Christmas
Season
and
the Time for Rem
embering your
Friends
Give Useful Presents
• THE ONLY PRESENT THAT IS
REALLY APPRECIATED IS SOME
THING THAT ..IS USEFUL.,
WE. CARRY THE RIGHT LINES
F GOODS TO MALE ACCEPT-
ABLE PRESENTS.
-BUY YOUR SON OR HUSBAND
A FINE NEW OVERCOAT, A HAT.
A CAP,• •A TIE, or like article, He
will appreciate it,
GET YOUR FRIEND A CHOICE
UMBRELLA, A SCARF, s1:, . TIE
,OR PAIR OF GLOVES. He, too,
can appreciate a proper, USEFUL
,Present.
EVERYTHING IN THE LINE OF
GENTS FURNISHINGS '"rO MAKE
YOIJP ,:CHOICE FROM.
Mr Thos, Ike y
stie is very ill 0:t
pneumonia.
M. Frank Boyle was ,in London on'
Tuesday.
,
Mr, and Mrs. _Tilos, Boyle spent
Tuesday night in London,
Sunday next will be the shortest
day of the year, then a'Iengthening
of the days,
a
Mr Valentine Mitchell has .ir,en
confined to his home through illness
for a few days,
On Thursday, Dec. 18th, Caven
Presbyterian Sunday. School will give
a Cantata entitled, "What Happened
Santa," No admission tee will be
charged. A free-will offering will be
taken. Everybody welcome,
Mr, John Neil of Montmartre, Sask.
formerly of Centralia, in remitting his
subscription to the Advocate encloses
a picture post -card bearing a photo-
graph of ,himself, three friends and
the game shot by them in waif a day.
The latter comprised 116 prairie
chicken and ducks, and set up on a
rack, makes a very pretty sight for
for rrimrods of the gun..
Mr. W, D, Weekes last week receiv-
ed acopy of the November number
ofTh e
Western rn Home'Mabazine, the
frontispiece of which contains a very
striking picture of an old Western
character " John. Davis, who- has just
lit hi„ pipe of clay in the primitive
style by means of a piece of ;paper,
rand the satisfied expression protrayed
lends --a charm to the design -hat t -
tracts interest and attention. This
piece of work was produced by Mr.
Frank Weekes of Virden, Dian., son
of our esteemed'townsman, Mr. W. D.
Weekes, it being his first • contribu-
tioa of this particular kind of work.
In a letter to the London papers
last week Rev. S. J, Allem of Clinton
writes that he will accept the chall-
enge of Mr. John Ransford to discuss
the question of "-Prohibition." Mr,
Ransford replied that Rev. Mr. Ailin
has not accepted the challenge which
reads ` as follows. "This association
therefore challenges those who ' are
favoring the Scott Act in this county,
to debate the following resolution,—
Resolved 'that
esolution,-Resolved'that prohibitions, is fundamen
:ally wrong in•„principle, un -Christian
in character and' powerless as a rem-
edy for drunkenness. This association
u 11 name, a man es its, champion and
'* meet any man having the endorsement
ofthe .Dominion Alliance, 'each side to.
pay half the expenses of holding'. the
debate reporting and printing the
speeches. of the debaters, and mailing
a copy to: each and every voter in
the county."
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SITE GRANTED FOR CA+RNEGIE
LIBRARY,
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EXETER COUNCIL
Council met in the Town Hall o
Dec 15. Previous minutes approved
Harton—Doyle=That the follown
have their dog tax refunded, Thoma
Mattel 3.00; Henry Kestle 1.00; Dan
Davie 3.00; Henry Rumohr 1.00; J
Harvey 2.00; J. Kydd 3.00, Mr John
Morley was given a rebate of $8.1
in hie taxes.—Carried.
H. Huston waited out the council re
Municipal grant for the Library, ask-
ing $1.00estating th at they had no
receivedea grant since 1907. A gran
of `.$75; was s made ons motion of Doyle
and Harton
A deputation, 'from the Library
Board "consisting of H. E. Huston„ I
R: Carling, J. A. ..Stewart, N D, Hur-
don and W. D.'Weekes waited of the
council, asking for a grant "of $900 to
nurchase'a. site for the. Carnegie Lib-
rary, Mr, Stewart stated that in the
event that they could not obtain a
suitable lot that they obtain the land
to the south of the Town Hall. Mr
Hurdbn stated that. Fergus had built
a Carnegie Library 2 years ago. The
grant was $7000, building 40, ft square
Thetownspeoplewere delighted with
the building there were no kickers
and they had a° balance of $400 after
all accounts were paid. The site cost
$900. Watford also has a Carnegie
Library which their citizens . are very
proud of. The site is a corner lot
66xi32; ft., costing' the town $.1,000,
iThe� grant was $6000 and surely: Ex-
eter ought to be in line with a site
costing about $900, and a grant of
$8000 which would not only be a
benefit but an ornament. After some
discussion it was moved by Scott and
seconded by, Doyle that the Council
grant an amount equal to one-half mill
on the dollar on the, total assessment
for the purpose of. providing a site fox
the erection of a Carnegie Library in
the Village of Exeter, or in lieu` of
said grant to furnis,h. a site suitable
for the, said purpose, upon, the prop-
erty of the corporation south of the
To WI Hall. -Carried.
Mr Morley 'interviewed the council
asking to have a reduction in -his
taxes owing to the fact that his lice,
ense had beenn taken .away, and his
business . reduced..Doyle—Hind—That
assess,ment stated . for `'seven months up
to :1.ug' 1st,. 'and for'.. balance: 6f .year
reduced to . $1000 and, $125 On busir
ness.—Carried.' '
By-law providing Vfor muniorpal
ectioit was passed, ,earning booths, D.
R. O's,.,- and Poll Clerks, etc., as -'will:
be e''eit in notice in another column,
A'riumber of accounts were ;sassed
which will be seen ;in the annual re -
poet and other accounts were laid
over,. • •
Tenders for the $10,000 Debentures
were, received ,and opened as follows
-W. A. McKenzie 9407,00; C • ;EI,
Burgess. & Coe 9400,00; Ontario Sec-
urities'.Co 940,.00, I3rent Noxon. &Co
0428,00 `Welod ''Gundy 0375.00; GIad-•
MnaW•.i�t„Staribruiy' 0650,00, Hind—Doyle
c
Tliat the`tender of ..Gla lman&Stan
n
bury being the highest be accepted.
School closes on. Friday for Christ-
masholidays,
The.Advocate was this week pres-
en`;' u with a pretty bouquet. of vio-
let flowers by Mrs. Jane Smith, who
nicked them from her own garden
which is .a rare thing to see growing
at this°time of the year in this north-
ern clime.
At the adjourned meeting of. the
Curlers on Friday evening the, follow
ing officers were elected :—Hop. Pres-
ident W. W. Taman; President, T.
H. Newell; Vice-pres., W. J. Heenan
2nd vice. H. Gould;, Secy-Treas., G.
E. Anderson; Chap., Rev„ D. W. Col -
tins
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McLeod were
in Adelaide Township last Wednes-
day, where they attended the mar-
riage of the latter's sister, Miss E.
Mae :McKenzie to Mr. W. A. Beattie
of :Cariyfe Seek, The ceremony was
performed at the home of the bride's
mother by Rev, A. W, Hare of ,Ar-
kona,;in the presence of a number of
the relatives and friends of the young
couple. After congratulations they
left for Owen Sound and other points
on a short trip and will leave for their
home in the West early in the spring.
FIFTY FIRST ANNI VERSARY.
The James 'Street Methodist ;.hurch
observed .the fifty-first anniversary on
Sunday last. The preacher for the
occasion was Rev. J. W. Baird of Mit-
chell who preached eloquent sermons
to very .large congregations. The chole
furnished excellent music. Mr, Baird's
evening discourse was particularly im-
pressive, being from the subject of
"Costly Things.' The text was ta-
ken. from II: Samuel, 23, 15,—"And Da-
vid longed ,and said, 'Oh, that o•ne
would give me of the water of the
well of Bethelern, which is by ' the
gate," After describing the Scriptural
setting of the text, he said that this
is a grossly materialistic age. The an -
ewes to the question, "How much is •
he worth?" always comes in, dollars
a reLcents; ' There is no mention of
character, Riches cannot buy all
things It cannot buy love, honor or l
respect. They come through sacri-
fice, toil and suffering. Our dwelling
places . garments and food are costly
things Our national life is the result
of hard labor and costly wars and
much bloodshed. There is no royal
roti to 'intellectual greatness. Intellect•
ual freedom of thought and speech is
said to be the result of 4000 bloody
battle's. Life itselfisvery costly
too costly to be thrown away in sin.
Character is a costly thing, . It seems
the world of young people is going
mad on pleasure. So few today are
°willing to pay the -price of a strong
Christian, character. The Lord de-
mands all or none, -soul, mind, body
and substance. Redemption was a
very costly thing. Mr." Baird .:losed
with a strong plea to his hearers to
turn. frons sin.. •
A freewill offering was taken which
emouunted to nearly $650.
On Monday evening a congregational
tea was served by the ladies and a
program rendered. A very pleasing
time was spent by the large number
present.
SOCIAL SURVEY
A meeting of the mivn,ist'ers 6.E the
Presbyterian and Methodist churches
of Huron County was held m Clinton
on Monday when an expert in this
work, Dr, Walter A. Riddell, explain.;
ed his system,
It is intended to make thisone of
the most thorough and far-reaching
of any ever attempted in Ontario. It
will cover all the economic conditions
or rural life such as industries, 'wages
scarcity or abundance of farm heap,
market conditions, -capital invested,
loans, interest, etc., social conditions,
leadership. meetings, classes, organize
ations, lodges, amusements, the fame
sly and hone life; also the moral and
religious conditions effecting rural lifer
The following were the officers el-
ected :-.president, Rev. Geo. Jewitt
Blyth; Sec'y-Treas., Rev, S. F. Sharp,
Exeter; Publicity Committee, Rev, E.
F. icL, Smith and Rev. R. Hicks, Hen
sail; Rev E. G. Powell, Exeter, and
the president and secretary.
The county will be taken by town-
ships and a minister placed in charge
of each. The work will begin at once
azfd, trill be finished by Jan. 10.
STEPHEN COUNCIL
The Council„ of the Township v, -of
Stephen convened in the Town Hall
Crediton, an Monday, Dec, 15, atl p,
m. All members were present. The
minutes of the previous meeting`vaere
read and adopted.
Elliott—i eilermann—That By-law No
204, of' 1.913 appointing ,Deputy :Re-
turning Officers, poll clerks and poll-
ing booths be read three times, signed
and sealed.'—Carried.
Finkbeiner—Love-That Alonzi 1•iod
gins,. collector of taxes, is hereby -au-
thorized to continue the collection of
tastes as provided for -by law.—Carried
Carried
Orders to the atnotunt • of ,$25362`
xvere' passed, lull particulars of which
will appear in the 'Treasurer's Annual
Statement,
The council adjotsr,zed s:eni die.
H 'Either, Clerk..
RURONDALJI
We regret that Councillor Arthur
Mitchell is • confuted to his horn
through illness —Schon,l , closes • . on,
Friday of this -week,,. Out Leacher,, Mr,
J. M. Robertson will spend his Christ
mas liolid-ays' at• the, parental horrid.
The :,fine. mild weather has been a,
pleasing feature to: all.- Mi. aichard
Blatchford end wife have moved, to
lfensall,. where they are happily set -
T. 13, Carling, Clerk.
•
Centralia
Mr, Wm. 'White of Stephen attend-
ed the Winter Fair at Guelph last
week.
Mr, Frank Cains and sister of By-
ron spent a few days the guest of
Mr, and Mrs. F. Hicks,
Mr D. O'Brien has been confined
to the house the past few days with
an attack of la grippe.
The' municipal pot is warming up
."already once,” W, R. Elliott's many
friends are asking him to run for the
reeveship ;and, we understand he has
consented to allow his name to go
,before the electors. Then. it is rum-
ored that H. Willert will again try the
reeveship contest. If the three men
are en the field there will be aome-
thing doing,
"T e,sc'n 0 childre are peeparing fo
h (.o r
1 n p�' p g
t"ieir annual entertainment on Friday
afternoon:
Special preparations are being made
for the S, School anniversary and con-
cert on Sunday, Dee, 23. A good
time is in store for those who come.
The bazaaar held on Tuesday even-
ing by the Mission Band was quite
a success. The little folks had made
up many 'email articles for sale and
they were' about all disposed of. A
lunch was served and a good pro-
gram was Tendered, The proceeds
amounted to about $20.00.
Mr. Jas. Logan, who works for
Mr. W T. Colwill had the misfortune
to cut his foot quite badly on. Satur-
day last. 'He went to Exeter and had
it dressed by the doctor and at pres-
ent it is doing nicely,
MOUNT CARMEL.
Another old, and esteemed resident
of this township passed away on Dec.
8th in theperson of Mr. Patrick -Ma-
honey, aged 78 years. Deceased had
been in failing health for the past
month and his death was looked for
hourly Mr. Mahoney is survived by a
family of two daughters, Mrs. Joseph
Ziler of Zurich and Miss Julia at
home, foul sons, Patrick of Mecheche
Alta.: Dennis and Joseph, Mt., Car -
Mel, and William at home. The 'ent-
eral took place to the R. C. Ceme-
tery on Thursday morning, which er is
largely attended. Those from a dis-
tance that attended were Mr. Thomp-
son and Mrs. Kensella of St. Marys;
Messrs T. Toohey, W. Thomp,on,
Mr. and Mrs. Lamphier of Lucan, Miss
Ryaa, Bay City; Mr. McGuire, efount
Pleasant Mich, Mr. Jos. Ziler, Lotr--
dc :see, and Mrs. Wm. Miller, St.
•Joseph, iilid"Mr. and Mrs M. '1'nolnp
soap and family, Centralia.—'1 ee fann-
ers
anners around' this neighborhood are very
busy killing and plucking their fowl
this week. -Mr. Thos. Lynch of Ver-
indale, Minn., is visiting his brother
John here,. after an absence of 25 years
1VIr Lynch can see many changes since
his last visit,—Mr. Jas. Quarry left
Wednesday of last week for the
West Jim will be his friends here,—
Mr. Jos. McCarthy and bride return-
ed home on Wednesday and will •tow
takc up house -keeping on his fine
farm on the 14th concession of ivlc-
Gillivray. Their many friends here a
long and happy wedded life.—Miss
Josephine 'Glavin spent 'a few days in
London last week.
. ELIMVILLE
• Mrs,• Rook of Exeter visited her
A pretty wedding was solemnized at
sister, Mrs. Wm. Ford, over Sunday—
the parsonage on Wednesday evening
when; Miss Mary Cornish was united
is marriage to Mr. Percy Cox, Con-
.gratulations,—Mrs. Case. Miners of
Point Edward is visiting relatives in
this vicinity.—A junior league has
been organiezd with a membership of
29 with Miss Ina Heywood presid-
ing officer, Earl Balkwill, secretary,
and May Clarke, organist. -S, S. Anni-
versary will be held at Sunshine ap-
pointment next Sunday. The pastor,
Rev. T, A. Steadman will preach in
the morning at 10.30, and Rev. W. T
Blatchford, B. A., Centralia, at 7 p
m. •' Al', cordially invited: -Sunday
School scholars will give their Christ-
mas entertainment on Wednesday ev-
ening, the 24th inst. A choice pro-
gram is .being prepared, come and
enjoy a good time,—Miss Addie johns
has been very: i11 for the past week
with scarlet fever. Glad to know she
is' slinghtly improved,—The W. M. S:
meet e t the n in, tl e basement , of the
church on Thursday afternoon, Mrs
S. Pym and Mrs. John Tucker will
give readings front the Bulletin and
China's- New o Day.
Some groundless and undefined ru-
mor which simultaneously with a
change of management in the; Bank of
Hamilton at Milverton caused a local
rug; on the institution, Fanner de-
positors withdrew about $25,000 be-
fore the alarm subsided, but they are
coming back again and the greater
part of the sum has been redeposited.
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A fear days ago a hunter from lin
ton was going through the woods- ad-
jacent to the , Bayfield River, in
Stapley Township, and seeing ,,some
coon tracks, he set one of his ` best
traps beside an elm tree which had
"been blown over, neatly covering the
st'me with moss, etc, On Sunday a
farmer on taking a walk through :he
bush came across this tree and hi
crossing laid his hand on the moss
covered trap, which immediately 41os-
ed with a :snap, Thinking some 'fer-
ocious beast had grabbed him he ;;ave
a yell and a jump but this only ;rade
matters worse. There. was only a
short chain oln this trap and as he .
couldn't get his foot .gni the spring
and as he, didn't like to • take the }:env
er's' plan; of gt awing.'off his paw, he
just had to pull it out the best way
he could: Nobones were broken
luckily but he had a pretty badly
swollen and sore hand as a result,
BIB 111S
Robinson,—in McGillivray,Dec. 9,
Mr and Mrs. Percy Robinson; a
daughter ,
MARRIAGES
Perdu--Mose—In Clinton, on Dec. 10
by Rev. Mr. Langford, Beatrice, Ltd -
est daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jas.
Mose .to Mr, Frank Perdue, both
of Goderich township.
Rader—Haberer.—On Dec. 16, Ernest
Rader
of ofZurDashwoodch, to Miss flab-
Carroll—Shaw—in Saskatoon, Sask.,
oa Nov. 30, Mr, R. J. Carroll of To-
ronto to hiss Edna Shaw, formerly
0
01 Pictore
McKenzie--Hood—At Kippen Manse,
on Dec: 3, by the Rev. Mr, Rich-
ardson,, EIeapor, eldest daughter of
Joseph Hood, to Peter 'McKenzie of
Tuckersmith.
DEATHS
Charters.—In Tuckersmith, on Dec. 4
Robert Charters, aged 75 years.
Id
a kett—At Lucan, Monday, Dec, 15
Eller Atkinson, wife of William
Haskett in her 65th year.
Mahoney—At Mount Cannel, Dec. Sth
Patrick Mahoney, aged 78 years:
Cunningham—At Clandeboye, Mrs. W
J Cunningham, aged 40 years.
STEWART'S
PHONH 18
Where Reasonable Prices Prevail,
7 Days to Xmas
Our airn is to make your ho
pleasant as we can. Your C
thest if invested here.
DINNER SETS
A money saver at $11.50
HANGING LAMPS
Many Styles at $6.75
TOILET SETS
35 Sets to choose from.
FOR MEN
UMBRELLAS
Suitcase size at $3.25
MUFFLERS silk and knitted
Many colors -50c. to 1,50
GLOVES
All hinds in great variety
COAT SWEATERS
Season's Newest at 3.50
LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
Best Irish make -25 & 35c
BRACES
Neatly Boxed at 50c.
lidashopping as easy and as
'ristmas Dollars will go far -
1/411` t t i
BRASS GOODS
English make—all prices
TEAJ SETS
A beauty for $7.25
CUT GLASS
It is sure to please.
FOR LADIES
FURS
See our large showing.
LADIES' WAISTS
Attractive Styles at
$4.50
EMBROIDERED TOWELS
A suitable gift, 50c, 75c, $1.00
HAND SATCHELS
Excellent values at $.1,50
FANCY SATCHELS
Nothing lacking 25c-1,00
COZY. SLIPPERS
For all the Family.
J. A. STEWART
Fresh Meats
At the New Meat Market
You can get all kinds of fresh Meats—
Sausage, Bologna, Cooked and Smok-
ed Meats, Butter, Eggs and Cheese.
A up-to-date stock of Groceries. Several varieties of Flour.
Also some very pretty China and Glassware suitable for
Xmas presents all going at half price.
Three Columbia Grafonolas, very beautiful Machines
makes a handsome present for the home at 25per cent, dis-
count. .
Turkeys, Ducks Geese and chicken taken as Cash
Give me a trial
Geo. R. Bedford
edford
Do. Your
Shopping
At the Exeter Bargain Store
This is the CHEAPEST SPOT IN TOWN to buy your CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS, and a big display to choose from—
HANDKERCHIEFS, . GLOVES
SCARFS
HOSIERY
BOOTS
RUBBERS'
SWEATERS
SHAWLS
UMBRELLAS,
SHOES
SUITS
ETC.
MITS
LINENS '
NECKTIES
SLIPPERS
OVERCOATS
ETC,
A SPECIAL Linen Toweling 24 .inches wide at 12;ec, a yard.
AUCTION SALE—Don't tail to attend our big Auction Sale of all
surplus goods on Dec, 26 27 and 31 -each da at •3' m and
8Pon.
' y p rad
ONE DOOR NORTH OF POST OFFICE
. P. Beavers